The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-07-07

profession. Her talents take the direction OF
sculpture, and her busts and statuets have re-
oeiyed The highest praise from competent critics
ia this country and in Europe She studied at
/ Rome, under the best masters 10 be found there,
and they all regarded her as showing the most
decided genius. When Gen. Logan died she
entered upon the work OF producing bust OF
hlm as labor Of love. Mrs. Logan became IN
terested in her, aud afforded her every facility.
She invited her 30 make Calumet Place her
/ home, aud there Miss johnson, surrounded by
4 pictures aud photographs Of the dead hero,
/ prosecuted her studies under the most favor
able circumstances. The result is a basrelief
aud a bust which meet the family's entire APP
pr0val AS most accurate likenesscs in stone oil the
1 husband aud father. This is shown 10y the fol-
lowing testimonial from Mrs. Logan:
! 10 lrhom II may concern;
take pleasure in saying that the bust oil my Ia
menied husband made boy Miss Adelaide johnson
10y far the very best that has made aud Is the
only one that has received my Endorsement, amy
Representations TO the contrary not"iihslandnS
Respectfully, Mrs. IoHS A. LOGAN.
/ June 26. lSs7.
Mrs Logan is the more earnest about this
matter because an attempt is being made to
palm OF ON the GAR. and the public an in
ferlOr and very unsatisfactory bust, TO which
she is represented as having given her indorse-
mont Miss Johnson, IL she receives sufficient
encouragement, intends having marble aud
plaster copies made. which will be offered 10
the admirers of the General at a low figure.
PAYMENTS IN THE ARMY.
Paymaster- g encral Rochester is now perfect
| ing has arrangements to iaaugurate the scheme
TO pay the troops at all points, where the Pay
masters arc not required TO cover much terri
tory, on the LIST of August The new system OF
making payments monthly is simply in the
nature of an experiment. 1t will be tried at
Chicago, New York, Washington, san Fran
cisco. and some other cities where troops are
CHARTERED and Paymasters are within easy dis
tance. The PaymRster-General has no confidence
ia the experiment, and fears il will not be the
success It's friends hope for. Gen. Rochester
does not think il will prevent either drunken
ness or desertion, as claimed. Whether soldiers
get their pay every month or quarter, the Pay
master-Gcneral thinks eases OF desertion and
drunkenness will still occur. The only diuer-
ence viii be that the men IN the service who
drink Will get drunk every month instead o!
every three months, and those who contem-
plate descrtiOn will desert so much sooner.
The time Of pay, in the opinion Of the Pay
master-General, has but little to do with deser-
tons. Desertions are mainly due, he thinks,
TO the harsh treatment TO which men disllked
by non-commissioned officers are subjected.
I'm their revision of the regulations the Army
Regulation Board has made no provisions for a
change in the system Of making payments TO
officers. A paragraph in the old regulations
was discovered by the members Of the board,
which, in their opinion, fully covers the case.
This requires that officers shall be paid in the
department 10 which they belong. This regu-
laton has not been strictly followed but il IL
had the members of the board claim that dupli-
cation of pay accounts would have been practi-
cally impossible. They DO not think the sug-
geslion that each officers accounts be assigned
10 a particular Paymaster at all feasible. IL
might render approximations Of pay accounts
impossible, but ii would also entail great hard
ships upon every officer of the army.
no CLEMENcY.
The President failed 10 show any mercy "a
Second Lieut. James III. G.. Wilcox, 9Th u. s
Cav, who was convicted by court-martial OF
duplicating his pay accounts Recently he aP'
proved the severe sentence Of the court, but
msde no remarks on the case. The sentence
was dismissal and close confinement for two
years Ia a penitentiary, 10 be designated by the
President The President designated the Min.
nes0ta penitentiary. The military authorities
have determined TO break mp the pernicious
custom OF Experimenting pay accounts. Officer:
who duplicate their pay accounts and are found
guilty of the act will be treated very severely
The sentence imposed upon Lieut Wilcox indi
Gates the severity with which such culprts arc
10 be treated IN the future. Gambling and the
other designations OF fast men generally result
IN desperate efforts 10 raise money. The Presi.
dent thinks the officer whose credit is not good
enough TO obtain a small loan, aud who il
forced, therefore, 10 resort 10 dishonest meani
20 procure needful money, is certainly mo-
worthy Of a commission in the army.
TEEMING LIFE.
A table prepared by VIM. +. Page Of th'
United States Fish Commission. gives an illus
tration Of tn wonderful possibilities of a small
bulk Of {" ]. eggs This table shows that
quart measure will contain l,267,725 eggs Of th'
: Spanish mackerel, 335 600 Goldfish. 81 500 whit
Il n t1sNo a. "a 4 q A.
trout, S,30l brown trout, IL ,092 brook trout
. 800 lake trout, 1866 California salmon, Az
Atlantic salmon, aud $500 land-locked salmon
PERSONAL MENTION.
Gen. b. +. Kelley, Of West Virginia, now O
the Pension Bureau, left on the Sd inst. 70
"Swan Meadow" his farm near Oakland, Nd
where he viii remain until the Reunion OF tn
= Society Of the Army OF West Virginia, in Au
| gust next~
: Mrs. Cafron, widow of the late Gen. Horao
! f. oapron, left the city last week for the Sum
: mer. She Will go FIRST to Mt Holly, n. J. Sh
il ia excellent health aud spirits.
: WHO THE scBPEGoAT rs.
a Adj't-Gen. II. {. Drum, who has been mad
q the scapegOat in the return f-the-hags blunGel
e entered the army in 1916 private in Co. X
r LIST Pa. lie was soon given a commission i
q the Regular Army as Second Lieutenant, an
a was breVctted for gallant conduct at Chepultg
III
!, the Adjutant-General's Department in l56
!, and has risen 10 his present place by outliyiB
! those who were over him. He married into
. wealthy New Orleans family by the name
: Morgan, which was intensely secession in i
i proclivities. This and his own lack OF p;
n triotic feeling caused him 70 be sent as far
u possible from the front during the war, and i
was assigned 10 duty in Oregon. lie is yer
unpopular with the newspaper men aboy
b. Washington, and they were only too willing
1, assist In the Administration scheme Of shown
= him up as a laundering, Ineddlesome old ma
4 plot.
GEN. BLACKS MOVEMENTS.
= Gen. Black left Washington last Tuesday Z,
y Boston, where he viii meet the Board Of D
= rectors Of the Soldiers Homes, and 60 wit
= them TO inspect the Home at Togus Me. III
I comrades residing in Boston have planned OF
4 an elaborate program for his entertainment
= There will be a grand Campfire held at whic
4 will be present large number of the leadiI
n ex-sodiers of New England.
=, Gen. Black will be escorted by them 20 II
4 many places Of interest in and around Bosto
80 aud no effort will be spared 10 make his Wis
n interesting and pleasant His services 10
10 country and TO his comrades are fully apprec
81 ated ia Massachusetts. He has accepted AN Il
- yitaton from the celebrated Veteran Zouayc
81 OF Elizabeth, N. j., TO stop in their city on b
~ way home aud be their guest.
O. I" A Liberal Pension"
~ EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Score one
~ the old soldiers. A member Of the 9TH oh
Nv during the war, who Is now totally blind fro
hgrdshin and evDogurp has rfer a faur ven